In a full turnkey operation for a conductor installation project in Tunisia for Houston-based Atlas Petroleum Group, CIS provided engineering assistance (in collaboration with a fellow Acteon company) and provided and installed three strings of 30-in. (1½-in. wall thickness) conductor.
To handle the 33 joints of 12-m pipe, CIS used the full range of conductor runningand handling equipment, including
- 30-in. side door elevator
- 30-in. spider bowl and hand slips to suite
- 30-in. lightweight Gearench manual strap tongs
- conductor rotary drive funnel
- 30-in. safety clamp
- TS 100-t spider bowl and drillpipe hand slips
- conductor C-plate (false rotary).
CIS also provided two S-90 hydraulic hammers in combination with Zone II power units and three deep-penetration drive shoes to reach the customer’s required penetration depth.